Sanitary casket.



` l.. E. PNTON.

SANITARY GASKET.

APPLlc/morL Af lLED APR 19. 1915.

1,184,125. Patented May 23,1916.

I ONUDAS E PONTON ,l @Y f W i. 5x2/Ab',

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LEoNIDAs E. PoNToN, 'or Faisco, OKLAHOMA.

SANITARY GASKET.

Specification of Lettersilvatent. p Patented play 23, 1916,

Application filed April 19, 1915. Serial-No. 22,269.

' To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEoNiDAs E. P oNToN, citizen of the United States,residing in .Frisco, county of Pontotoc, State of Oklahave invented newand useful Improvements in Sanitary Gaskets, of which th 'following is aspeciiication, reference bei g had, tothe accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to metal burial caskets,'an`d has for an object theproduction of a burial casket which shall be cheap and ecolnomical tomanufacture,

pressure which may be brought to bear upon it from any direction orsource, and resistlin the most convenient and substantial form,

so thatsame may be easily and readily handied and so that the outerwooden case or box maybe dispensed with, if desired. y

With these and other objects in view, -attention is called to theaccompanying drawings, to be considered in 'connection with thisspecification, and wherein- Figure I is a plan view showing a section ofthe cover removed; Fig. II is a side elevation; Fig. III aAcross-'sectional end view taken through the middle of the casket; andFig. IV a sectional end elevation.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents the bodyproper of my improved casket, which may be stampe or formed from sheetsteel like the ordinary casket or co the upper edges of the bodytrough-shaped as shown at 2,

edge of the trough 2 falling below the top edge 3 of the casket 1, andthe upper edge 4 of the trough 2 rising above the top edge 3 of thelcasket 1, so as to give the casket the S shaped edge aroundits upperportion, e as shown. Along the upper vedge 1 o trough 2- are pierced theboltor screw h-oles 5. It will l-be noted that with the said `upper edgeor rim of the casket so formed, the depressed portion 2 extending aroundthe casket 1, serves'as a hand hold and thus does away with the need ofextra or additional handles, though such may be added Hinnow used; 1 areformed if desired. Upon-the body. i of the Casket so formed. is placedthe cover..6, which formed so `as to arch over the casket 1 by means ofthe bends 7 The outer edges.. of the said cover 6 at the point ofjuncture strong to resist the s ant to the action of the elements, andwhich 8 of the cover 6l cient "casket forthe or other suitable. metal ormaterial, and is shaped generally with the 'lower f thei Although toconstruct my improved p burial the casket 1 upon the top edge 3 of thesaid casket 1, and so that the lateral crevice 10 .is left entirelyaround the casket 1 "at the 6 with said pointl of juncture of the .coverthe bodyiof the casket 1 and so that the hidden cavity 11 likewiseextends entirely around the Isaid casket 1 immediately below the edgesof the cover 6. It will be noted that -this cavity 11' may be filledwith .any suitable wax or other sealing material to exclude the air andmoisture from the interior of the casket. and so as to preserve thecontents of the/same. The interior of the casket 1 may, e lined withhooks 12 for. supporting any suitable drapery lwhich may be used as acovering for the corpse inside. The upwardly turned edges are likewisepierced with holes 13 to correspond with the holes 5, and which aredesigned to receive the bolts or screws 14. In actual use it will beseen that. this method of construction of a burial casket aii'ords a'very simple, economical and effipurpose. is .placed within the casket1, suitably draped, the cavity 11 is filled with sealing material, thecover additionalisealing material is poured along the crevice 10, the.bolts vL1 are screwed to place v'thereby snugly together, compressingmaterial and and hole so as to etfectually exclude all air and moisturefor 4all time. The curved lower portion fof the trough 2 forms asuitable 'hand'hold. as stated, .for use in depositingthe casket in thegrave. No outer box is required as the casket is enameled or otherwisetreated lso as to render it in destructible as against the action of theelements. The arched formation of the cover 6- enables it to Iresist anyordinary weight or pressure of earth.

I have-herein set forth certain specificdetails for the construction ofmy improved casket, 'I reserve the right to modify same in minor points.not departing .from thesspirit of my invention. lso as best practicaldemands and reouirements.l

What I claim as patentable is: l

casket consisting of an` elon;

The corpse 6 is placed on the casket, I

drawing the edges and 8v u the sealing forcing 1t into every crevice'casket to meet all gated body portion having rim ujiill outer odge upsalme; mi a bslmpad cover tl :i Hough-shaped edge turned Ward theuprising edge of the an encircling crew:

1e outer tro and foi'miu eating will l rim aforesaid,v both. crew ingdsigned to conta'i bolos piercing fhefapproachig edges of the cover ,andbody' portion for the reception of bolts to draw the coverA to thebodyportion' .and so ,as to compress the sealing, material aforesaid. 4l. x LEQNIDAS E.. PONTON. lWitnesses:

' GEO.' H. TRUAX, W'. H'. STEVENS

